Belgium News Race (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) Aug 27-29, 2021

man, tomorrow’s script is already written: Russell loses his cool right at the start, slams into Max, and Louie just cruises through the wreckage without even blinking

William Gomez5 said:honestly, tomorrow feels like a foregone conclusion—Russell loses his cool at the start, slams into Max, and Louie just cruises right through the wreckage

Exactly ☕
Russell is basically stepping into Bottas's shoes before the break. It’s his way of locking down that Mercedes seat for next season

Jacob Castillo70 said:I’m really not trying to be a buzzkill here, 😁

But in all seriousness, the fact that he managed to drag that tractor of a Williams car to nearly a pole position is nothing short of incredible.

Let’s be clear, he put together an absolutely stellar lap. However, as Jason Campbell70 already pointed out, he has the luxury of taking massive risks and tuning the car specifically for qualifying and these exact conditions, whereas everyone else has to keep the race in mind.

shadowmarlin22 said:Exactly ☕
Russell is stepping into Bottas's shoes before the break. By doing this, Russell is basically securing his seat at Mercedes-Benz for next season

Wait, didn't Bottas already secure his spot in Canada?

Anyway, Bottas finished just 2.5 seconds behind Hamilton today. 🙏🙏🙏

2.4 seconds
Perez is trailing Max by 2.3 seconds

What kind of qualifying session was that 🙏

I suppose Lando didn't break his elbow, though I'm a bit uneasy that there hasn't been an update yet

Anything could happen tomorrow, I guess😁

silverviper44 said:Who even is this??

Honestly, I haven't a clue... just one of those rare ones who looks absolutely stunning at first glance.

Richard Ross11 said:Didn't Bottas pick that up over in Canada?

I have a feeling he's going to end up paying extra for it...

Looks like some 'mastermind' decided to screw over Perez during Q3:
"Unfortunately, on my last lap, I was blocked by Hamilton on my timed lap and that meant I had to start the lap within a second of him. As a result, I lost too much time"

Gufac is keeping an eye on the action

Bradley King said:Bojin is worried he might end up having to pay extra...

Honestly, Russell could probably handle that himself. 😁

swiftmaker12, thanks for sharing those photos! 🙏

Raymond Anderson4 said:I mean, Russell could probably handle that himself. 😁

swiftmaker12, thanks for the photos! 🙏

It’s going to be a total rock pile tomorrow—just watch.

wiredseal7 said:Some "mastermind" screwed over Perez during Q3:
"Unfortunately, on my last lap, I was blocked by Hamilton on my timed lap and that meant I had to start the lap within a second of him. As a result, I lost too much time"

Shouldn't this influencer be facing some kind of penalty for that?

silverviper44 said:Shouldn't this influencer have faced some kind of penalty for all this?

Everyone was just completing their measured laps, you know? It isn't as if Hamilton was out there on an out-lap.

silverviper44 said:Shouldn't this influencer be getting slapped with some kind of penalty for this?

Somewhere I saw a clip where Sergio Perez basically backtracked and stopped blaming Lewis Hamilton for that bad lap.
I have no clue where, probably just some random post on Facebook.

James Walker57 said:I think I saw somewhere that Sergio Perez actually corrected himself and isn't blaming Lewis Hamilton for that poor lap.
I have no idea where exactly, perhaps on Facebook.

Perez just had the misfortune of being a second and a half behind Hamilton during that final lap. It wasn't a case of Hamilton blocking him.